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Swallow (Hirundo rustica) in flight chasing a Tsetse fly (Glossina sp.), Kenya, Africa.

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Welcome to a great, straightforward guide to the tree of life

Max Telford's new book, The Tree of Life, is a millennia-spanning exploration of the history – and future – of evolutionary relationships

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Ancient camp shows how humans adapted to extreme cold in Europe

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HR8B2Y Tocharian manuscript THT133

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An elegant account of how one ancient language went global

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Ancient humans may have faced radiation risk 41,000 years ago

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Denisovan fossil from Taiwan gives clue to mysterious ancient humans

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Arabia has been green for long spells in the past 8 million years

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The hunt for the birthplace of Indo-European languages

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Mammoth tusk flakes may be the oldest ivory objects made by humans

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Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

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Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

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A radical new idea for how our ancestors invented stone tools

Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might not have been invented from scratch

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Relics in Tutankhamun’s tomb hint he invented elaborate burial rites

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Ancient clay tablets offer vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life

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Surprising skeletons prompt a radical rethink of Egyptian pyramids

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Ancient humans lived in an 'uninhabitable' climate 25,000 years ago

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